About the book
\"This is my only story. Now that I am sixty I can tell it.\" He, the narrator, was a twenty-one-year-old art student traveling the world. She was a countess -- apparently cold, haughty, and inaccessible -- traveling with Haroun, her ambiguous companion. When the young man makes their acquaintance at a hotel in Sicily, he finds himself filled with unexpected lust and playing a part in something he doesn't quite understand. Filled with Theroux's typically effortless but devastating descriptions of people and places, The Stranger at the Palazzo d'Oro is a brilliant portrayal of aging and decay, a shocking tale of sensuality in a golden age.
The thrill and risk of pursuit and desire mark the accompanying stories of the sexual awakening and rites of passage of a Boston boyhood, the ruin of a writer in Africa, and the bewitchment of a retiree in Hawaii. This is Paul Theroux at his most allusive and wise, writing with a deep understanding of the frailties of men and boys.
Editions of Stranger At The Palazzo D'oro And Other Stories
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780618485338
- EBook
- ISBN 9780547345611
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\"This is my only story. Now that I am sixty I can tell it.\" He, the narrator, was a twenty-one-year-old art student traveling the world. She was a countess -- apparently cold, haughty, and inaccessible -- traveling with Haroun, her ambiguous companion. When the young man makes their acquaintance at a hotel in Sicily, he finds himself filled with unexpected lust and playing a part in something he doesn't quite understand. Filled with Theroux's typically effortless but devastating descriptions of people and places, The Stranger at the Palazzo d'Oro is a brilliant portrayal of aging and decay, a shocking tale of sensuality in a golden age.
The thrill and risk of pursuit and desire mark the accompanying stories of the sexual awakening and rites of passage of a Boston boyhood, the ruin of a writer in Africa, and the bewitchment of a retiree in Hawaii. This is Paul Theroux at his most allusive and wise, writing with a deep understanding of the frailties of men and boys.
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What is Stranger At The Palazzo D'oro And Other Stories about?
\"This is my only story. Now that I am sixty I can tell it.\" He, the narrator, was a twenty-one-year-old art student traveling the world. She was a countess -- apparently cold, haughty, and inaccessible -- traveling with Haroun, her ambiguous companion. When the young man makes their acquaintance at a hotel in Sicily, he finds himself filled with unexpected lust and playing a part in something he doesn't quite understand. Filled with Theroux's typically effortless but devastating descriptions of people and places, The Stranger at the Palazzo d'Oro is a brilliant portrayal of aging and decay, a shocking tale of sensuality in a golden age.
The thrill and risk of pursuit and desire mark the accompanying stories of the sexual awakening and rites of passage of a Boston boyhood, the ruin of a writer in Africa, and the bewitchment of a retiree in Hawaii. This is Paul Theroux at his most allusive and wise, writing with a deep understanding of the frailties of men and boys.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Stranger At The Palazzo D'oro And Other Stories?
Fiction > Erotic fiction / Erotica
Where can I read a sample of Stranger At The Palazzo D'oro And Other Stories?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9780618485338
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Stranger At The Palazzo D'oro And Other Stories?
Paul Theroux
Who is the Publisher of the book Stranger At The Palazzo D'oro And Other Stories?
HarperCollins
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Stranger At The Palazzo D'oro And Other Stories is available as paperback(ISBN 9780618485338) and ebook(ISBN 9780547345611)
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